The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes

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Summary: Nice , but...
Review: If you believe that you are getting a book where you will SEE illustrations of many, or even about 10%, of the superheros that there are info/articles on...think again. You may, or may not, read about your favorites and learn some interesting facts, but, you will not see them. Bizarre for a book on a very visual medium. As to the selection of superheroes and the (dis)proportionate length of some articles...well, call it author's choice...or bias. A tad light on the founding fathers, so to speak, of the 1940's. I am immediately selling mine.

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Summary: Got a comic fan in your life? Make his/her day with this one
Review: Their are other comic book encyclopedias out their. Some of them have flashier art (not that this doesn't) or higher page counts. But a when I read through this one I was impressed.

I challenged the book by looking for characters other than Spider-Man, such as MiracleMan and Phantom Lady and was pleased with the coverage they were given. Lots of nice tidbits and indepth coverage of many heroes including their crossovers into other media.

Buy it for the comic fan in your life.

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Summary: the ultimate book on comic
Review: this is the best book that I have read on comics in a long time you can't get the information from any other book that is out on the market today, It is just out for people that out to find what comics is about, and not for long time comic fans. this is a great job of work, an awesome project done well.